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The Queen of the Bandaral Ngadu', Kankawa Nagarra plays Pearces Creek Hall on Friday December 20th. This will be as part of a national tour to promote her new album 'Wirlmarni'.Kankawa Nagarra is a Walmatjarri Elder, teacher and mentor, human rights advocate, and a passionate environmental activist, born in the traditional lands of the Gooniyandi and Walmatjarri peoples of north WA. She sings in the Aboriginal Australian blues, country, and gospel styles and writes songs filled with empathy about the great struggles she sees around her.
In July last year her friends Archer and Darren Hanlon traveled to her home community of Wangkatjungka to record a collection of her songs on Country that became her first vinyl LP. Kankawa chose specific locations between there and Fitzroy Crossing that held meaning to her and the songs she chose to sing. The centrepiece title track song ‘Wirlmarni’, which means ‘disappearing’, is a plaintive duet between Kankawa and Archer and laments the passing of the great tribal men that she remembers fondly.
Kankawa Nagarra will play the first set, with Darren Hanlon playing the second set.
Tickets for this unique event are now on sale here: https://flippinyeahindustries.bigcartel.com/product/pearces-creek-20th-dec
$28 plus $2 booking fee
Children under 10 Free.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
40 Pearces Creek Hall Road (off Eltham Rd), Pearces Creek, NSW, Australia, 40 Pearces Creek Hall Rd, Pearces Creek NSW 2477, Australia,Eltham, New South Wales, Australia, Alstonville
